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[00:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:17] <exec> 08└─There was a movie about this, with Robert Deniro playing a rogue plumber? Ah, yes, starred Sarah Michael Palin as well! Brazil [amazon.com]! (Did I just link Amazon? What's in your sewer?)
[00:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:19] <exec> 08└─Rogue plumber? No, you are thinking of Super Mario Brothers. Like this study, that was a load of shit too. Oh, and you forgot your 27B/6 form.
[00:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:21] <exec> 08└─No, it means you need to wear a mask. Becasue the experts say masks. And the TV says mask. Go on a tour of the state and it will be ok because you are wearing a maks. Kemp prayed to God and God told him to wear a mask and it would be ok.
[00:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:23] <exec> 08└─They are already doing this for COVID in some places. The turn-around time is slow; maybe thru should figure out how to keep up before expanding. Who knew buying a house with septic is a security decision.
[00:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:25] <exec> 08└─Oh, tempora... Brazil vs Mario Brothers.
[00:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:27] <exec> 08└─Could also be a way of tracking excessive Ethanol use.
[00:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:39] <exec> 08└─Time for your nap, boomer.
[00:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 694 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:58] <exec> 08└─"No vulnerabilities publicly reported ever before this 19-pcs batch incident. For 23 years. Technically, I'd call that business an embedded backdoor house." Least nefarious possible sequence: They create a sort of ok stack and got some market traction in embedded devices. (Not sure why folks didn't...
[00:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:22:59] <exec> 08└─Those who ignore history are forced to repeat it... could it be SJWs secretly want to be slave owners?
[00:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:23:13] <exec> 08└─Especially an easily distinguished species like this. That it hasn’t already been discovered means it is rare and already endangered.
[00:24:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:24:24] <exec> 08└─I want a car with zero smartness... I am especially afraid of software that I can't check myself.
[00:25:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 87 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:25:52] <exec> 08└─At what point does China's expansionism go too far and get us into a hot World War III?
[00:26:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 936 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:26:03] <exec> 08└─I'm told China has been king of the world multiple times and then imploded. Perhaps a symptom of having too high an opinion of one's importance. (Sadly, a common job risk with world leaders?) Unlimited power was a plan in theory in WWx, but in practice a nation's success in the world seems likely...
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[00:26:05] <exec> 08└─https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53244862 [bbc.com] They clearly broke what they signed about 1 country 2 systems lasting 50 years. They can not be trusted. It's pure "might makes right".
[00:30:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:39] <exec> 08└─I think it's interesting that you seem to think that "left" is a goal that people support.
[00:30:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:30:41] <exec> 08└─George and Kellyanne Conway would like a word.
[00:31:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 1671 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:09] <exec> 08└─I hope I don't come to that, but I'm not getting any younger. The fun thing is, everyone is going to get old. Even the young people. Yes, really. I was young once. The very idea of getting old seemed so far off in the future. Fun fact: The older you get the faster time seems to pass. Remember when y...
[00:31:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 108 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:31:34] <exec> 08└─Nonsense. It works everywhere else in the 1st world, even in the UK where beer drinking is a national sport.
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[01:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:20] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I thought this was old news as well. I thought governments already keep samples of sewage from various locations and store and date them so that they can refer back to them in the future. They use this to catch meth labs, no?
[01:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 2, Insightful) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:22] <exec> 08└─Muslims and Indians would find your post funny, too - their culture do not lack sense of humor - if it wasn't for all the nasty racism. As for H1-Bs, can you honestly blame the Indian outsourcing firms? Over the corporate America? Indian firms are doing what it can to do business. Corporate America...
[01:22:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:24] <exec> 08└─I thought it was going to be ants.
[01:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:26] <exec> 08└─No, it means that some people will regard any old shit as being valuable.
[01:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:28] <exec> 08└─Won't work, most Indian reservations are still on septic systems.
[01:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:22:30] <exec> 08└─They use this to catch meth labs, no?
[01:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:01] <exec> 08└─Despite the attention-grabbing headlines, Treck isn't a very big player in the embedded space, you either get RTOSes with their own stacks, e.g. VxWorks, or more widely-used stacks like LWIP. I think I've only seen Treck used as part of Quadros. The real threat in the IoT space is the fact that you'...
[01:23:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 84 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:23:43] <exec> 08└─Those who fail to appreciate RMS are doomed to prove him right. Welcome to dystopia.
[01:24:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 634 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:26] <exec> 08└─Good timing--just DIY fixed the house A/C. It's been trouble every spring since we had it installed about 10 years ago, including leaks, motor jam, on and on. First year or two on warranty & I was watching what they did. This time the circulator fan had been working fine, then one cycle it didn't ru...
[01:24:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:24:28] <exec> 08└─Yeah, it's everybody, not just MS. For example we (bunch of friends) used to get together and watch some paid-for SF series on Netflix a while back until they suddenly removed it and we'd have to sign up to and pay some other streaming service to watch the content we'd already paid for on Netflix. A...
[01:26:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 454 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:09] <exec> 08└─Not a good sign. What was the time from new law signed to troops on the street enforcing it? Seems impressively quick for a though out response. More like children acting out of impatience or fear. Patience has historically been a strength of China. Have they lost that strength, or are they afraid o...
[01:26:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A Vaccine Targeting Aged Cells Mitigates Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:26:59] <exec> 08└─Or perhaps mice should be vaccinated against humans? Especially those pesky scientists in labs.
[01:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:27:19] <exec> 08└─So I guess that song with lyrics "There must be something in the water" was right after all?
[01:28:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:31] <exec> 08└─There was a whole discussion about this on Slashdot. The discussion is actually quite similar to the one here but might still be worth reading about. https://science.slashdot.org [slashdot.org]
[01:28:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:32] <exec> 08└─Oops, I posted this as a response to another post when I meant to post it here. There was a whole discussion about this on Slashdot. The discussion is actually quite similar to the one here but might still be worth reading about. https://science.slashdot.org
[01:28:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:28:34] <exec> 08└─(same poster) oops, I responded to the wrong comment by mistake. I meant to respond to another comment. Regardless, the Slashdot discussion is worth reading through as well. Not that there is anything wrong with the discussion here either.
[01:30:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:52] <exec> 08└─"Speech of any sort, even prejudiced, is a far cry from censorship and suppression." If this statement were even close to true there wouldn't be the need to protect any speech.
[01:30:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:54] <exec> 08└─Facebook stopped being "merely a public forum" when they started including friend suggestions and ranking content (whether algorithmic or not).
[01:30:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:56] <exec> 08└─The fact that people who advocate hate speech won't do this
[01:30:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 1260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:30:59] <exec> 08└─No, I was just too lazy to do a quick Google. Here [washingtonpost.com] Here [nypost.com] There are other actions attributed to Antifa such as this one [nytimes.com], however there's no definitive proof given that the perpetrators have never been identified (and would be unlikely to identify themsel...
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[02:22:23] <exec> 08└─nuff said
[02:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03RS3 [6367] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:22:45] <exec> 08└─Agreeing with you wholeheartedly, taking it a step further: Corporate America is doing what you'd expect the machine to do: maximum (short-term) profit. Like the "Terminator", that's what he does, that's all he does. Which is why (unfortunately) we need governments- to control harmful behavior. Unfo...
[02:24:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:45] <exec> 08└─I have no problem with trust, but if trust were broken there got to be consequences. For example if my 10 years old modem is hacked, it is manufacturer fault and my losses, if any, have to be compensated plus some punishing for my suffering. This perhaps sounds silly for you, but if you replace mode...
[02:24:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:46] <exec> 08└─My parents upgraded to a high efficiency furnace a while back. The circulation fan squeals when it runs because the bearings have gone dry. The bearings and motor are inside a molded plastic shell that can't be opened without destroying it to prevent any kind of maintenance. Instead, the entire fan...
[02:24:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 645 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:24:48] <exec> 08└─Pushing 60TB of this. The nice thing is I basically made my own netflix by accident. KODI manages the whole thing very nicely. I do not even have to use the 'piratey' bits of the KODI ecosystem. I own my stuff and it is amazing. What I was paying for cable per month a few years ago I can buy every m...
[02:26:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 181 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:21] <exec> 08└─Or just block the publication before it happens. Judge blocks release of book by Trump's niece [politico.com] Resulting in crickets from all the avowed Free Speech Warriors on SN...
[02:26:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:29] <exec> 08└─It could be hubris, or it could just be their strength blossoming. They don't need to use patience anymore because there's almost no consequences. Even if Hong Kong evaporates, that's just about 2.7% of their GDP. But it can probably continue to chug along after this, with some businesses and skille...
[02:26:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mykl [1112] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:31] <exec> 08└─Agree. China is about to kill a golden goose.
[02:26:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:33] <exec> 08└─We know, you alt-right clowns work double time to sock puppet in the saddest display around.
[02:26:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:36] <exec> 08└─You can't drop charges that were never brought...
[02:26:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:38] <exec> 08└─Patience has historically been a strength of China.
[02:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 951 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:40] <exec> 08└─https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/01/chinas-national-security-law-hong-kong-global-financial-center.html [cnbc.com] Some analysts say Beijing needed a quick fix to repair its image at home. Getting Hong Kong to fall in line is a hugely popular mission among the general population — one that could help...
[02:26:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:26:42] <exec> 08└─Even if Hong Kong evaporates, that's just about 2.7% of their GDP.
[02:27:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03takyon [881] 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 175 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:27:00] <exec> 08└─Higher performance (at no increase in power consumption) can lead to higher battery life. If a task is completed in less time, the device goes back to idling that much sooner.
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[03:22:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:08] <exec> 08└─I mean, it only moves when you're not looking.
[03:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 291 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:31] <exec> 08└─Las Vegas is currently working on a program to detect indicators of COVID in the sewer effluent to see if a correlation may occur in advance of an outbreak. The project is patterned after one that was conducted in the Netherlands in which indicators seemed to predict a local surge in cases.
[03:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:32] <exec> 08└─There are polls done all the time. They show consistent, large majority support for liberal policies year after year. Americans are liberal. There just isn't a party to vote for.
[03:22:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:22:34] <exec> 08└─You love ants? You'll love this: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[03:24:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03MIRV888 [11376] (Score: 1) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:35] <exec> 08└─Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. If you don't have a local non-proprietary copy, own is not the word you are looking for.
[03:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03MIRV888 [11376] (Score: 1) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:24:36] <exec> 08└─Ask your doctor about Xanax.
[03:25:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 81 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:25:54] <exec> 08└─The other cracks down on you, if you release classified data to the public (USA).
[03:26:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:26:24] <exec> 08└─Apparently, Trump's niece voluntarily agreed to a NDA which would normally prevent her from publishing such a book. What's the reason we should be non-cricketing here?
[03:27:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Arik [4543] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mercury and Algal Blooms Poisoned Maya Reservoirs at Tikal - 1562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:27:34] <exec> 08└─"http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/317377" Only a couple paragraphs in it's clear this is a crank. An architect, on a clickbait site, argued that there were Mayan influences in the architecture in the southeast. Archaeologists, a bit better prepared to compare the two, concluded long ago that th...
[03:31:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:31:11] <exec> 08└─The regressive left: misogynist.
[03:31:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:31:13] <exec> 08└─The term "hate speech" is itself, the seed of censorship. Who defines what is hate speech? Those with power. The 1A was invented exactly so those WITHOUT power could speak.
[03:31:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:31:15] <exec> 08└─You can try to handwave this away, but the fact is that an anarchist collective attracted horrible people and in 10 days, two black teens died and 3 or 4 people were wounded by gunfire. And the shootings are just the things that make the news because to ignore them in favor of the "farmer's market"...
[03:31:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:31:17] <exec> 08└─This place doesn't count -- this is like the picnic table next to a hotdog stand -- twitter and FB are like stadiums containing hotdog stands. A person can post a false russiaRussiaRussia conspiracy theories on twitter and FB all day and reach many orders of magnitude more people than any of us here...
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[04:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:24] <exec> 08└─Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Deep Fake Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video
[04:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 3, Funny) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:26] <exec> 08└─Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Deep Fake Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video
[04:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:22:28] <exec> 08└─I was going to submit this but misplaced it. Given Disney's habit of "fixing" up films on Disney+ [soylentnews.org], maybe they will use this to redo some shots in Rogue One [wikipedia.org].
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[04:22:37] <exec> 08└─I mean, it only moves when you're not looking.
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[04:22:39] <exec> 08└─(... sorry about that, my cat decoherented herself out of the "not moving" state and stepped on the keyboard. Meh, large quantum fluctuations are typical for cats)
[04:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:05] <exec> 08└─Who knew buying a house with septic is a security decision.
[04:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – NASA Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:19] <exec> 08└─If you taunt it, Murphy's Law will make the Sun spew forth a large ion storm to fuck up our power lines and electronics. It's already a bad enough year, don't push it!
[04:23:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – NASA Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:23:20] <exec> 08└─Indeed, how about some Reggae instead
[04:27:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:27:03] <exec> 08└─No, the surprising thing is that it passed unanimously. Usually, there's a single dissenting vote to give the impression of democracy; someone is selected beforehand to "represent opposing opinions". I guess they gave up trying to pretend.
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[05:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03edinlinux [4637] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:32] <exec> 08└─Amazing how this technology has progressed.. It does mean that now video can never be trusted going forward (unless a 'deep fake' detector is invented).. WIll also have a huge impact on actor / actress salaries... sign them up to the 'deep fakes ok' contract when they are unknown, and if they ask fo...
[05:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:44] <exec> 08└─Don't blink!
[05:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:22:45] <exec> 08└─Now with Quantum Fluctuations! Jiggle like the boys like it! *Not approved for use around TMB. Liability Limited to replacement of product, not replacement of assets.
[05:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – NASA Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:23:27] <exec> 08└─So we are going around the sun or does it just spin in place?
[05:25:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 570 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:21] <exec> 08└─Try to get parts for an Apple some time (yes, a computer SHOULD be a durable good). Newer appliances now need a particular board to make them run. Not like the old days when you could swap out a timer or even repair the old one. A digital control board SHOULD last a lot longer than a mechanical sequ...
[05:25:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:22] <exec> 08└─The first time I ran into Expensive-Unrepairable was in fact an Apple desktop computer (Mac System 8 era). Fan died in the power supply and it was overheating. So I arrive, tools and replacement fan in hand, and discover that the whole assembly was RIVETED together such that there was no way to get...
[05:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:25:24] <exec> 08└─Anyone else remember when CDROM.COM was sold, and the new owners pulled the plug on all the hosted public archives, with zero notice?
[05:32:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:32:03] <exec> 08└─It's poison. Then don't drink it.
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[06:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:15] <exec> 08└─Take the 20% hit, there's a Cold War 2 on.
[06:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:16] <exec> 08└─Good. Maybe the other ISPs will put more effort into picking equipment vendors that aren't stuffing the circuits with eavesdropping opportunities and cyberattack vectors. The fact that it's happening in the middle of the coronavirus is likely in part because the Chinese government is trying to take...
[06:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:22:28] <exec> 08└─published by Disney Research in partnership with ETH Zurich
[06:23:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:23:07] <exec> 08└─So, it has come to this! https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com] Stupid Americans! Shithole country, in education!
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[07:22:18] <exec> 08└─China is not a friend.
[07:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:19] <exec> 08└─What kinda chicom front is this "RWA?" Send them all to gitmo.
[07:22:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 1026 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:22:21] <exec> 08└─Think more, kneejerk less. Networking gear is primarily about routing. And routing is, in turn, driven by a series of interconnected systems. You can't just magically get packets from your router to China - those packets would need to be sent. And if literally anybody noticed packets (using sniffing...
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[07:23:27] <exec> 08└─Both.
[07:25:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 462 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:23] <exec> 08└─By leaving you with no effective actual ownership of anything. You don't own your e-books, you don't own your OS (unless you give the corporate world the slip and install Linux of *BSD). Your major appliances are more akin to a long term rental. In many cases, functionality will appear, disappear, o...
[07:25:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:25:24] <exec> 08└─I ran into a not quite so expensive but more egregious example. A VCR with some probably minor mechanical failure so that it didn't correctly load/unload a tape. I took the cover off and tried to put it through it's motions to see what looked wrong, and damned if it didn't have a hidden light sensor...
[07:32:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03hemocyanin [186] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Zuckerberg Once Wanted to Sanction Trump. Then Facebook Wrote Rules that Accommodated Him. - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:32:05] <exec> 08└─I don't but I don't matter -- there are 100s of millions who do drink the poison. The next civil war starts on Twitter.
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[08:22:24] <exec> 08└─I have no idea how this is pandemic related. Rural people are the most protected from covid19. Since. Ya know. They're rural. They were, and are, social distanced from other people. Does RWA believe approved 5g suppliers causes covid19 and only Huawei can stop it? Also, I don't know of any 5g manufa...
[08:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:25] <exec> 08└─I see propaganda is strong here. Is this what is left of America these days? Propaganda because America can't compete on technical grounds anymore?
[08:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:28] <exec> 08└─Rural people are the most protected from covid19.
[08:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:30] <exec> 08└─Rural people are the most protected from covid19. Since. Ya know. They're rural. They were, and are, social distanced from other people.
[08:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 258 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:32] <exec> 08└─Weren't there a number of "unexplainable" incidents of that thing in the last few years? Coincidentally, not one case of misrouting through any other country. Understand it and remember it well: your love for China is unrequited. The relationship is abusive.
[08:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:34] <exec> 08└─Propaganda Protectionism because America can't compete on technical grounds anymore?
[08:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03anubi [2828] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:22:58] <exec> 08└─These are gravitational waves, and the more mass there is, the more force there is to move it? I get the idea that the mass of the sensor is not a factor in the equation.
[08:25:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 251 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:13] <exec> 08└─Quite right. Rick Wakeman sold me a copy of his latest album recently in flac format. I could have bought a record or a CD, but as it's 2020 now I don't see the need. As he didn't include any DRM nonsense I can copy it wherever I like. Thanks Rick.
[08:25:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1564 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:40] <exec> 08└─I don't even own the house I live in, owning (or not) an eBook that I read once and would be refunded for when it goes is the least of my worries. P.S. Have good job, have perfect record, have "owned" (via mortgage) houses in the past. Can literally only get a mortgage for a tiny, crap, 1-bed or stu...
[08:25:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 4025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:41] <exec> 08└─(Looks at literally hundreds of CD and DVDs, many of which he's owned since his university days - 20+ years ago - that are all perfectly intact, scratchless, read-perfectly, haven't degraded and aren't even subject to any extreme measures... I keep them in their cases and the case on a shelf - comme...
[08:25:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:43] <exec> 08└─Anyone remember CDs?
[08:25:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:25:45] <exec> 08└─Holy crap! the Mac was just poor design -- didn't look so much nyah-nyah-try-and-fix-this as what's the fastest and cheapest way to fasten it? (whole thing was made cheap as could be) but that VCR... yeah, that's just evil!! Oh, speaking of evil... a tale I was told from back when software ran off f...
[08:33:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Employers Can't Afford to Ax Mature Workers, Say Researchers - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:33:43] <exec> 08└─You mean like rigging employer provided insurance to not cover family planning because that might lead to employees having sex without intending to have a baby? It hasn't been a problem elsewhere, are you asserting that the U.S. is uniquely corrupt?
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[09:22:09] <exec> 08└─#icantrecharge
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[09:22:28] <exec> 08└─The difference is that protectionism is literally what China does and the only reason it was tolerated - no - promoted by USA was because it made them a lot of money. There aren't many countries that can be part of WTO and block the domestic markets except USA and China. This is a reckoning of China...
[09:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:29] <exec> 08└─Weren't there a number of "unexplainable" incidents of that thing in the last few years? Coincidentally, not one case of misrouting through any other country.
[09:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:31] <exec> 08└─This is a reckoning of China which should have come decades ago, but since Trump is doing it Democrats have to find some reason to oppose it.
[09:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:22:33] <exec> 08└─There aren't many countries that can be part of WTO and block the domestic markets except USA and China.
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[09:22:36] <exec> 08└─stuffing the circuits with eavesdropping opportunities and cyberattack vectors
[09:23:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:23:00] <exec> 08└─>human scale >10e-20m The human scale is for the object, not for the fluctuation, mystery of missing paired sock still unsolved.
[09:27:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:27:35] <exec> 08└─China has a history of draining the bank accounts and disappearing people who do not have sufficient social standing
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[10:22:15] <exec> 08└─I am shocked, shocked, I tell you, to discover that there are vulnerabilities in the Micro$oft 0perating Systeme! Why were we not warned?
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[10:22:23] <exec> 08└─I love the way that "not killing people sat in stationary cars by the side of the road" is a Changelog item as far as everyone is concerned. Just a bugfix. The "Don't run over small children" update comes next week, guys. We reverted the "run over pedestrian's foot" detection too, so don't worry. Ye...
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[10:22:47] <exec> 08└─Are the "reeducation" camps propaganda, or are they real? Is the "social credit" system propaganda, or real? What you say? If one is of a "wrong" ethnicity, or thinking "wrong" thoughts, or reading "wrong" books, or anything, their existence becomes miserable and likely short. Is that what you want...
[10:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:48] <exec> 08└─That's what I've been wondering about. This is a conspiracy theory, but although it keeps coming up as reason for the ban, I've never seen proof of government backdoors in Huawei equipment. This makes me think that the American government knows about backdoors that they don't want the public to know...
[10:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:22:50] <exec> 08└─The difference is that protectionism is literally what China does and the only reason it was tolerated
[10:23:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03edinlinux [4637] 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 390 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:23:01] <exec> 08└─Amazing how this technology has progressed.. It does mean that now video can never be trusted going forward (unless a 'deep fake' detector is invented).. WIll also have a huge impact on actor / actress salaries... sign them up to the 'deep fakes ok' contract when they are unknown, and if they ask fo...
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[10:24:56] <exec> 08└─Looking at the articles, they are *not* about decolonialising mathematics. They are about using local examples instead of European and American examples when motivating applications of mathematics in locally used textbooks. Not as silly as you suggest. -- hendrik
[10:26:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SpockLogic [2762] 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 75 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:26:54] <exec> 08└─The United States does not extradite people for saying bad things about it.
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[11:22:12] <exec> 08└─This stuff is going to kill lots of people.
[11:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Farkus888 [5159] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:13] <exec> 08└─Advances in technology don't happen in big leaps. That is a myth told by tv and movies. It is actually a series of small steps that are predictable to those working on the problem. The only way to solve this is to keep discovering and closing edge cases one by one. They are going to be working on th...
[11:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03zeigerpuppy [1298] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:22:51] <exec> 08└─this is more or less the story of the movie "La Congress", great movie
[11:25:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:25:51] <exec> 08└─> Keep the CD/DVDs indoors in a nice clean, dry place and they should last for many, many years. Or go on amazon and buy digital licence and it should last for many, many years. Probably longer than the CDs. Also cheaper. Nb: I don't typically buy a DVD drive with my desktop nowadays; I get laptops...
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[12:22:13] <exec> 08└─Microsoft Store ... Microsoft Store ... Microsoft Store ... Microsoft Store
[12:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:14] <exec> 08└─Thanks Microsoft, I have no interest in appy apps but I do like security updates. What idiotic diversity hire made the decision to put security updates where they don't belong?
[12:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:16] <exec> 08└─Security updates for Windows? Bwahahahaha
[12:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:27] <exec> 08└─Since Tesla cars have no knee to kneel upon, the only way they can show their support for the Black community is smashing into police cars. #BLM
[12:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:28] <exec> 08└─Then introduce some serious tests before you hand out driving licences to people, and be more prepared to take them away from proven bad drivers. The driving test in most countries (including the USA) is a joke. We don't need to wait and dream about technical improvements to implement stricter drivi...
[12:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:30] <exec> 08└─Are we sure they weren't just filming a re-make of Keystone Cops in modern dress? Sounds like it.
[12:22:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:32] <exec> 08└─Conversely(?) slamming into parked cars gets a pass--oh dear, we have to fix that someday. Slamming into a cop car crosses that thin blue line, and hopefully someone at Tesla will get more than a fine and a wrist slap.
[12:22:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:58] <exec> 08└─Maybe the other ISPs will put more effort into picking equipment vendors that aren't stuffing the circuits with eavesdropping opportunities and cyberattack vectors.
[12:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:22:59] <exec> 08└─making themselves more likely to get COVID now
[12:23:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:12] <exec> 08└─Can it auto-replace actor's skin color?
[12:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:27] <exec> 08└─Sorry for the uninformed comment, TLDR. How exactly is the movement attributed to quantum fluctuations (QFs)? One argument is trivial: whatever is not deterministic is due to QFs. The more relevant question would be: how can QFs in emittor, mirror, detector, and external events, well, be disentangle...
[12:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:29] <exec> 08└─Pix or it didn't happen....(grin)
[12:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:23:57] <exec> 08└─Americans like to consume cheap stuff, which can only be cheap if manufacturing is outsourced since greedy unions drive up prices. So stop shopping at Walmart and your China problem will go away.
[12:26:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03legont [4179] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:26:15] <exec> 08└─Let me give you a real life example. A friend of mine added an extra light to his BMW F650GS motorcycle. It is so called enduro type of bike. It is supposedly designed to go to places such as Alaska wilderness. The bike's computer decided that the system is overloaded and shut the bike down. He remo...
[12:30:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:30:33] <exec> 08└─Nevertheless, the inflow of money is proportional only to the number of people
[12:30:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score: 2) 02 - 06A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:30:34] <exec> 08└─Since production of the enzymes costs energy, their production would be selected against even if they had no effect at all.
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[13:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:15] <exec> 08└─Out of curiosity, when does MCD's subscription expire?
[13:22:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:17] <exec> 08└─About the same time next year [soylentnews.org].
[13:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:28] <exec> 08└─What Microsoft likes to do is reboot systems into a non responsive state, where a blue screen shows up with a lot of questions, BEFORE startup programs are started. I only run a Windows 10 VM occasionally for testing, but I do get calls from people complaining that their system isn't working. Especi...
[13:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:30] <exec> 08└─Great if Microsoft is hiring diversity into its senior management.
[13:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Insightful) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 1070 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:44] <exec> 08└─When self-driving technology is mature and mainstream, it will start to cut into the million deaths and tens of millions of injuries in car accidents each year. That is absolutely a worthy goal, worth pursuing. But the path to that goal is not releasing self-driving tech before it's ready - especial...
[13:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:22:46] <exec> 08└─The crash occurred in December, but the defendant, Nicholas Ciarlone, was only recently charged in the incident.
[13:23:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:14] <exec> 08└─So how is any of that supposed to be worse than the urban counterparts?
[13:23:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:28] <exec> 08└─Shirley they're working on that. The first project will be "Snow White".
[13:23:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:45] <exec> 08└─There [youtube.com]
[13:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rupert Pupnick [7277] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:23:47] <exec> 08└─Actually, now that you mention it, 10^-20 meters doesn’t seem like human scale at all...
[13:25:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:06] <exec> 08└─I see no grin. Instead, I see big red dot, surrounded by white, with while specs all over the legs. This is clickbait, scientists wanting excess recognition.
[13:25:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Scientists Discover Spider Wearing 'Joker' Makeup, Name It After Joaquin Phoenix - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:25:08] <exec> 08└─https://geog.ucsb.edu/earths-species-become-extinct-before-theyre-discovered/ [ucsb.edu]
[13:26:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1384 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:38] <exec> 08└─There's a ton of bad actors out there, Apple and Amazon are by far the worst offenders, they both actively used DRM in order to push people to use their products. In both cases, there was a prolonged period where they used exclusive titles and DRM that wasn't available on competing devices to force...
[13:26:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1089 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:39] <exec> 08└─Except you didn't have to do that except in unusual instances. Vinyl is still being produced with new albums and the players to play them were never discontinued. If you've got huge sums of cash, you can even get ones that will read the discs without even touching them. Yes, 8-tracks were discontinu...
[13:26:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 951 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:41] <exec> 08└─One of the reasons why HDD are a great choice is that on top of just overwriting the parts of the backup that might have changed, you can easily verify the integrity of all the files on the disk. It can take some time to do, but the process is more or less automatic if you've got decent software. Yo...
[13:26:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:43] <exec> 08└─What brand of high efficiency furnace is that? I'm due for a new furnace and would like to avoid that brand!
[13:26:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 1497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:26:45] <exec> 08└─For cars in particular, my mechanic can replace any of the un-computerized parts. But for anything involving the system computer, he needs to use special software to interface with it and the software varies for each major manufacturer. For some of the manufacturers, third party products that are re...
[13:27:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Muad'Dave [1413] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:27:04] <exec> 08└─I was thinking this kind of noodling [youtube.com]. "That what I'm talking about!" That right there gone be good with some grits".
[13:28:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 319 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:28:38] <exec> 08└─The UK is a paper tiger; they really have little military power left and little ability to project power. This was shown blatantly during the Falkland Islands war; that incident would have been a cakewalk for the US Navy but the UK had serious difficulty countering an invasion from a country as back...
[13:29:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Embarrassingly Apple's Two-Year Old ARM Chip Benchmarks Faster Than Microsoft's Surface Pro X - 861 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:29:15] <exec> 08└─Agreed. But also, CPU performance does matter. My wife has a $400 Acer (or maybe Asus? I don't remember) Chromebook and web pages that pop up instantly on my mid-range desktop take at least 5 seconds longer to load on the Chromebook. My kids' school district supplies $200 Dell Chromebooks, and they'...
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[14:22:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03crm114 [8238] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:47] <exec> 08└─SN is just a fun place to be. Its worth the subscription. Thank you.
[14:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03martyb [76] (Score: 2) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:48] <exec> 08└─Out of curiosity, when does MCD's[sic] subscription expire?
[14:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 790 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:02] <exec> 08└─I've completely disabled the Windows Store on my computer by a hostile takeover of the permissions of the folder it installs the MS Store Apps to and disallowed anything other than myself to write there and I removed the mandatory crapware that's is installed and set up on every new user account fro...
[14:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:04] <exec> 08└─Bill Gates showed the kinds of features we can expect from Windows over 20 years ago: https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[14:23:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:06] <exec> 08└─No, they released the update via Microsoft Store. As far as I understand it, the exploit isn't limited to Microsoft Store apps.
[14:23:14] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 800 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:15] <exec> 08└─I love the way that "not killing people sat in stationary cars by the side of the road" is a Changelog item as far as everyone is concerned. Just a bugfix. The "Don't run over small children" update comes next week, guys. We reverted the "run over pedestrian's foot" detection too, so don't worry. Ye...
[14:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 4419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:25] <exec> 08└─I'm afraid you don't know me at all well. I would advocate for a far stricter test. I would advocate for an annual test (when your car is being tested, you should be taken out on a driving test). I would advocate for every failure requiring a pass to counteract it (so if you fail ten times, you need...
[14:23:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 728 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:28] <exec> 08└─The problem is that people are really bad at paying attention when things are boring...and at high speeds they stop being boring extremely quickly. Being a skilled driver when you're alert isn't sufficient. And for people even 25 mph is high speed, though higher is worse. People have an average reac...
[14:23:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03inertnet [4071] 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 354 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:51] <exec> 08└─That's what I've been wondering about. This is a conspiracy theory, but although it keeps coming up as reason for the ban, I've never seen proof of government backdoors in Huawei equipment. This makes me think that the American government knows about backdoors that they don't want the public to know...
[14:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:56] <exec> 08└─Are the "reeducation" camps propaganda, or are they real? Is the "social credit" system propaganda, or real?
[14:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:23:59] <exec> 08└─More likely it's just lies, and this is part of the trade war. That makes a bit of sense, but it's no excuse for jerking people around with quick deadlines.
[14:24:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:14] <exec> 08└─An African American transsexual albino, persecuted by royalty? Why would they need to change that?
[14:24:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:16] <exec> 08└─They're not the same technique. Because of the GPU memory requirements and software limitations of the DeepFaceLab implementation, the highest possible resolution we were able to achieve on an 11GB GPU was 256×256 pixels. For DeepFakes we were able to produce 128×128 images. For the morphable mode...
[14:24:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 982 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:36] <exec> 08└─Not really, gravity accelerates everything equally, so you can't detect it as motion. Instead gravitational *waves* are detected by the fact that they stretch and compress space in the direction of the source, but not perpendicularly. The detector is a laser interferometer with two long, rigid, perp...
[14:24:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 1079 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:37] <exec> 08└─Quantum fluctuations may not be deterministic, but they probably have recognizable bulk characteristics based on the method used to generate them. In fact, if you're using them to move a 40kg mirror, you're probably looking at the combined results of a truly mind-boggling number of individual fluctu...
[14:24:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:24:40] <exec> 08└─https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/doctor-who-rogues-gallery-the-weeping-angels [bbcamerica.com]
[14:27:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:54] <exec> 08└─Spoken like a non-mathematician...
[14:27:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:27:55] <exec> 08└─I'm curious how you think the universe has any concept of "belonging"...
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[15:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 361 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:12] <exec> 08└─Seriously, it's one thing to have a device that people use to make calls, take photos, etc. that can be used to record people all the time. It's also, very obvious when they do that with a cellphone. It's not obvious when done with something like the google glasses. Which is part of why people hated...
[15:22:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:13] <exec> 08└─This is why apple is planning to use LIDAR rather than cameras in their glasses, and some others don't have cameras at all. HMDs might end up being preeminent in the future, with "brain-computer interfaces" using portable EEG or EMG as an interface.
[15:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:15] <exec> 08└─No cameras = shitty coward device
[15:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:41] <exec> 08└─I already posted the Windows 98 presentation blue screen video above, so won't repeat it here, but it would have been a great place for it. My favorites are the "Just a moment ..." with infinite spinning circle of doom and the "It's take a bit longer than usual, but it should be ready soon" screens,...
[15:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score: 4, Interesting) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:22:42] <exec> 08└─Could be, but the article makes it out to be a Store circular problem: They posited that that the update involved HEVC codecs, which are used in a Windows extension available from the Microsoft Store.
[15:23:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 974 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:01] <exec> 08└─Well, that's not quite true. But it's nearly true. Most advances are incremental, but occasionally there's one that isn't. It's usually unexpected. Vulcanized rubber is one example. Of course, even when there's a jump the first few iterations of improvement are relatively crude. Consider the vacuum...
[15:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:03] <exec> 08└─Driving on suspended and driving with no license are already "jailable". There are lots of people sitting in jail because they have to work, but can't legally transport themselves. Most of the time, their licenses weren't suspended for driving poorly, but as a consequence of being charged with a cri...
[15:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bussdriver [6876] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:05] <exec> 08└─Blame somebody else for failing at your responsibilities; it's the American Way! BTW, Cheeto really does represent you all well (in all the bad traits) so it's no wonder so many people don't see anything wrong.
[15:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:36] <exec> 08└─This makes me think that the American government knows about backdoors that they don't want the public to know about, so the USA can use these backdoors themselves.
[15:23:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:38] <exec> 08└─making themselves more likely to get COVID now More likely than who?
[15:23:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:23:55] <exec> 08└─The technique is the same, tho'. Note the "and software limitations of the DeepFaceLab implementation".
[15:27:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:12] <exec> 08└─... because before I buy them I make sure I'm getting a file copy accessible without DRM or prorprietary standards. The times that are exceptions to this I realize that I'm actually renting. Oh, and it raises no questions of ownership that didn't exist prior to the closure of the Sony Reader service...
[15:27:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 714 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:13] <exec> 08└─Well, you could note that failure to pay property taxes could result in an involuntary delinquency sale of the property, so you could ask if you ever really owned the house at all even after the mortgage is paid off. The state owns it, you pay the rent to them in taxes. Now if failure to pay taxes o...
[15:27:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:16] <exec> 08└─That's a happy side effect. The main reason why they go through models so quickly is that it makes it impossible to properly research the item you're looking to buy. By the time the major issues are known and posted, they're just about ready to discontinue the model for a new one that's only slightl...
[15:27:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:18] <exec> 08└─Possibly, or they sealed it to prolong the period before the lubrication runs out. Honestly, not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes things get sealed for legitimate reasons.
[15:27:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:27:20] <exec> 08└─The long term solution is for people to stop paying for apps on these sorts of devices. At least with programs for desktops and laptops you have options for continuing to use them as long as you like, even if it means installing the OS into a virtual machine. The main exceptions I've seen are when i...
[15:29:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:29:16] <exec> 08└─Don't worry HK. America always fights for democracy around the world. Boycotts, suspension of trade agreements, even military intervention, whatever it takes, America has your back.
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[16:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:24] <exec> 08└─If consumer market for smart glasses heats up, then CCTV surveillance will be a privacy heaven by comparison. Just imagine the flood of requests for "maybe witnessing" video-clips coming from law enforcement 'because investigations'; FBI being pissed on Apple for not unlocking a phone?... bah, that'...
[16:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:25] <exec> 08└─I predict North employees have 3 years at the most. As for me, I'll add that particular brand as one never to buy or use, along with Vuze and countless other previous Google acquisitions. Incidentally, when is that antitrust lawsuit coming? We're all waiting...
[16:22:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 3, Insightful) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:27] <exec> 08└─As long as the smart glasses properly geo tag the video with GPS location, that makes it easier to query who may have witnessed something that the state wishes to persecute. Especially if several people witnessed a police misconduct incident. Win can we expect more amusing Karen videos. Especially t...
[16:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:30] <exec> 08└─Once a glasshole, always a glasshole.
[16:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:41] <exec> 08└─What is this place - a death cult? We'll all be dead in 2071. Where's our free subscription?
[16:22:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Offtopic) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:43] <exec> 08└─We'll all be dead in 2071
[16:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:22:45] <exec> 08└─It's one thing when others talk about you. When you do it yourself, it means you're an asshole.
[16:23:01] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 200 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:01] <exec> 08└─Could be, but the article makes it out to be a Store circular problem: They posited that that the update involved HEVC codecs, which are used in a Windows extension available from the Microsoft Store.
[16:23:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:24] <exec> 08└─Sorry about that - it's my fault. I was clicking on all the little squares with traffic lights and accidentally clicked one with a police car.
[16:23:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03driverless [4770] 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 164 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe the other ISPs will put more effort into picking equipment vendors that aren't stuffing the circuits with eavesdropping opportunities and cyberattack vectors.
[16:23:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:57] <exec> 08└─They should be more worried about what Elon Musk is doing with spacex. He is going to inside out the rural phone/internet community with starlink. A decent competitor in that field will cause them to rethink how they continue to rip people off. Even if the latency is not great the ability to stream...
[16:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 514 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:23:59] <exec> 08└─> China is becoming dominated by Xi Xin Ping - they do what the "leader" tells them instead of what is good for China. Yes - this is 100% my read too. Any organization, even down to small groups, that is fundamentally abusive is bound to fail. Think about yourself in that kind of situation - are you...
[16:24:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:19] <exec> 08└─If you train an AI to match the results of another AI... is it still the same AI?
[16:24:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03shrewdsheep [5215] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:24:41] <exec> 08└─I understand and agree with your statements. Still it appears to me that additional modelling (i.e. assumptions) is necessary. Why was a given mirror movement due to QFs and not due to a gravitational wave? Or due to fluctuations in the cooling system?
[16:25:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:12] <exec> 08└─The term Private Pooper takes on new meaning. I'm not just pooping in the woods, I'm protecting my identity.
[16:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:25:14] <exec> 08└─Another good reason to piss in the shower.
[16:26:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Zappy [4210] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 465 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:18] <exec> 08└─Recently experienced this kind of theft first hand when I got a new phone and some app I paid for was no longer available for download in the playstore. Service chat lady was less than helpful and kept "explaining" the app was no longer available. And what was I complaining about, you see I wasn't t...
[16:26:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03sjames [2882] 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 196 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:26:49] <exec> 08└─Add in what should be durable goods that fail shortly after the warranty and have been made as close to impossible to repair as they can be. All the downsides of Communism with none of the upside.
[16:27:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:46] <exec> 08└─I switched to an external Bluray drive years ago. I hook it up on the rare occasion where I need to use optical discs, but most of the time it just sits around. Some things are just better with an external version. I have multiple computers, but just plug the drive in to whichever device I need it o...
[16:27:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:27:48] <exec> 08└─Same here, a small number have acquired a few bad spots, but the only outright bad disc I have is a warped DVD from over 20 years ago. Most of the time, as long as you promptly place them back into an appropriate storage case, they'll last for decades. I think the oldest ones were supposed to last t...
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[17:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 412 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:17] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't the "belters" have lots of "rare earth" metals and unobtainium? If SpaceX could make the cost of access to space, and the asteroid belt, much cheaper, maybe there would be another gold rush. Maybe in the meantime we need to get much better at recycling what we've got. But what about people...
[17:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:18] <exec> 08└─"100 miles or more down in the earth" "close enough to the surface to be mined" TFA was not terribly clear to me how deep they really are and the journal article is paywalled...
[17:22:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:20] <exec> 08└─FA was not terribly clear to me how deep they really are
[17:22:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 547 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:22] <exec> 08└─I read it as the structures are deep in the crust, but the ores themselves are much closer to the surface. They'd have to be, for us to be able to reach them; we've done much deeper bores, but the deepest mines in the world to date [wikipedia.org], mostly gold mines in South Africa, are all less tha...
[17:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 882 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:25] <exec> 08└─Asteroid mining could lead to a literal gold rush, since large amounts of gold and other useful elements sank into Earth's core but are potentially abundant and accessible in the Belt. Making it economical requires very cheap access to space, which Starship and some other advancements should provide...
[17:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 674 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:22:27] <exec> 08└─And iron and various metals are mined at less than 1km or 2km. Even rich ore veins are not cost effective to mine deeper down than that. The cost of bringing the ore to the surface becomes more prohibitive as the mines go further down. For the most part they'd rather go sideways than down. If mines...
[17:23:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:33] <exec> 08└─You can't do that, because of "muh freedoms".
[17:23:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:35] <exec> 08└─Sorry bro, I think you're gonna have a tough couple months on the recharging front: Italy Seizes ISIS-Made Meth Worth 1 Billion Euros [courthousenews.com]
[17:23:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03epitaxial [3165] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:37] <exec> 08└─The cops have pretty much given up enforcing traffic laws for the most part. The state police might still ticket speeders but locally you can do whatever you want. Run red lights and stop signs all day, do triple the speed limit on residential roads, nothing happens.
[17:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:39] <exec> 08└─Admitting you were not paying attention to the road while arguing that the crash was not your fault. Lets see if it pays off for him.
[17:23:49] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 1026 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:23:49] <exec> 08└─Think more, kneejerk less. Networking gear is primarily about routing. And routing is, in turn, driven by a series of interconnected systems. You can't just magically get packets from your router to China - those packets would need to be sent. And if literally anybody noticed packets (using sniffing...
[17:24:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 78 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:01] <exec> 08└─stuffing the circuits with eavesdropping opportunities and cyberattack vectors
[17:24:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: -1, Flamebait) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:24:14] <exec> 08└─Are the "reeducation" camps propaganda, or are they real? Is the "social credit" system propaganda, or real?
[17:27:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lagg [105] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 973 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:27:59] <exec> 08└─You're not being downmodded because you have secret knowledge and rightly call people shills. You're being downvoted because you have your head willfully up your own ass because the cold jungle of reality scares you. And you're starting to piss me off because weak little american pussies like you ar...
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[18:22:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 2, Interesting) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:41] <exec> 08└─We haven't even gone 10 miles deep yet.The only question left then is whether it's cheaper to dig, or to fly out to the asteroids. Either way it's going to have to be unmanned, so at least life support won't get in the way, but keeping the machinery on the ground makes it accessible for repairs
[18:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:42] <exec> 08└─Well, I guess we just have to develop new technologies, the horror! And besides the process should be fully mechanized, you turn the machine on, and up comes your cobalt or whatever,, so costs aren't really an issue.
[18:22:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 312 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:45] <exec> 08└─I wonder if we could develop tech to refine rare metals in space? Orbit it much to the sun, collect solar power. But then you have to lift the refined product back to civilization. Maybe we could learn to pollute the inner orbits closer to the sun in a way similar to how we've learned to pollute Ear...
[18:22:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:47] <exec> 08└─https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2015/03/zaptec-plasma-lightning-pulses-could.html [nextbigfuture.com] Something like this would be a good start.
[18:22:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:49] <exec> 08└─There's a big difference between 12.2km and 170 - 200km. Also, they were just doing it for science as it were. To do something like make a bore hole 100km down, to search for good places to get X metal. Yeah, that's getting a lot more into science fiction than practical business.
[18:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 1006 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:51] <exec> 08└─You don't have to lift anything. The raw material is very much "up" from here, and most of that "up" is between Earth's surface and orbit. Collect solar energy in the belt to refine ores (large mylar "umbrella" parabolic mirrors would melt things nicely), then form the refined products into inert re...
[18:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:22:53] <exec> 08└─Machines break, and there's going to be a lot of breaking when trying to mine something 100km below the ground.
[18:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Freeman [732] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:07] <exec> 08└─You meant, prosecute, right? Yeah, no, persecute is definitely the right word. Or stalker might be a good one, too. Police need to do their homework, not have easy access to peer into our private lives.
[18:23:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03crm114 [8238] 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 68 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:16] <exec> 08└─SN is just a fun place to be. Its worth the subscription. Thank you.
[18:23:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:39] <exec> 08└─I think it was the neo-nazi republican hired to infiltrate and destabilize the liberal west coast tech companies. So go thank uncle.cleetus and grandpa joe for screwing up your incest porn fapfest.
[18:23:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:23:40] <exec> 08└─Just be glad they're not sending any of their H1B Indians to shit on your front lawn.
[18:24:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 1333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:08] <exec> 08└─Yeah, alright. How about first, we define what "unsafe driving" really is. I'll be first to argue that driving 75 in a 55 isn't an unsafe act. (Details - the entire nation was under a 55 mph speed limit at the time, I was traveling on the interstate.) There are plenty of other places where speed lim...
[18:24:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 1, Interesting) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 579 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:24:09] <exec> 08└─Right. I had a friend who drove for years without a license - or registration, or insurance - for that reason. We lived in the middle of nowhere, and he couldn't afford to move anywhere with public transportation. So his two choices were "drive illegally" and "lose your income, and then your apartme...
[18:25:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:05] <exec> 08└─I can't wait until they use it to morph Walt Disney's face saying how his plan for Disney was always to have lesbian mixed race princesses who never needed a man or any kids to tie them down.
[18:25:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score: 3, Informative) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 824 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:25:29] <exec> 08└─Easy - it reliably appears when the fluctuation-generating system is turned on, and disappears when turned off. So long as you isolate the fluctuation-generating system from the interferometer (in this case it sounds like they're transmitting the fluctuations via light?) that should be sufficient. F...
[18:28:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 653 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:28:37] <exec> 08└─I just buy the physical then rip it. Why not enjoy the best of both worlds? I have a nice backup AND the digital version, I control both. With digital they can change it on the server and I would never know. Or just like in this article suddenly I can no longer access it. Sears once was one of the l...
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[19:22:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:32] <exec> 08└─And we can build machine that repair themselves, or they can resurface to be repaired by humans. It's still closer than the asteroid belt. With mechanization, scarcity is a thing of the past
[19:22:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03leon_the_cat [10052] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:33] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole [wikipedia.org] and they had real trouble making that.
[19:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 768 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:49] <exec> 08└─I meant persecute. Prosecute is one of the mechanisms they use to do that. Extra judicial forms of punishment, such as harassment, citations, beatings and shootings are other means depending on how disrespectful one is. More cameras are only going to hold police and Karens and Road Ragers more accou...
[19:22:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 765 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:51] <exec> 08└─WWGD? What Would Google Do? Most likely, take an interest in this project. For a while. Then abandon it. What's wrong here? Google has perverse incentives. No incentive to do the daily drudge work of maintaining and improving existing products. Too much incentive to create new products. Even product...
[19:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 532 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:53] <exec> 08└─A few years ago there was a riot in Vancouver. I no longer remember the reason. It might have been the aftermath of a significant organized sports event. Most people acted decently but some significant fraction vandalized and stole. Subsequently the police issued a public call for cell phone footage...
[19:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:22:55] <exec> 08└─I think of surveillance cameras, owned by private businesses and shops, as a defense against the police. And possibly rioters. (which are a different thing than protesters) I have very mixed feelings about surveillance cameras owned by big brother. We're already extremely close to having telescreens...
[19:23:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Cliron [11400] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 256 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:29] <exec> 08└─The reason this was released in the store is to patch the codex from the store. If you did not install it from the store, you do not need the patch. Similar to, if you did not install FoxIT reader, then you do not need the security update for FoxIT reader.
[19:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 1573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:23:59] <exec> 08└─Speed limits are supposed to be the absolute maximum speed that you can legally go. They should be the absolute maximum speed that you can safely travel under any circumstances. The problem is that the speed limits are set to be the maximum speed you can travel under specific circumstances. However,...
[19:24:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:00] <exec> 08└─err .... breaking the law *
[19:24:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03HiThere [866] 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 156 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:31] <exec> 08└─More likely it's just lies, and this is part of the trade war. That makes a bit of sense, but it's no excuse for jerking people around with quick deadlines.
[19:24:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 106 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:44] <exec> 08└─Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Deep Fake Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video
[19:24:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:24:57] <exec> 08└─DeepFakes and DeepFaceLab use Y-shaped autoencoder architectures with Poisson blending, the technique in this paper uses trained Morphable Models with compositing derived from course Laplacian pyramid values in conjunction with contrast correction.
[19:25:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Indices of Health Under Our Feet - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:25:52] <exec> 08└─Coronavirus *is* excreted in poop.
[19:28:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:28] <exec> 08└─You couldn't drill the rivets? That's the normal way to remove them. I bought an expensive aluminum tower chassis many, many years ago, and it got damaged in shipping. I got a refund I think from the shipping company, so I had a free but dented case; it was made of aluminum panels riveted together,...
[19:28:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 989 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:28:30] <exec> 08└─Try to get parts for an Apple some time (yes, a computer SHOULD be a durable good). Apples aren't durable goods, they're luxury items. Are you going to complain about getting spare parts for a Bugatti car or a Coach handbag? When you buy an Apple, any repairs need to be done by Apple themselves, not...
[19:30:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06China Passes Hong Kong Security Law - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:30:28] <exec> 08└─Which turned out to be quite a lot actually. Yes, it *was* a lot. It only worked because of HK's unique relationship with China and the fact that it wasn't actually part of China (and later, was "sorta" part of China, but not really, with an autonomous government). This move ends this. HK is now jus...
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[20:22:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Possible Chthonian Exoplanet Discovered (Giant Rocky Planet) - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:24] <exec> 08└─... it's don't fuck with Cthulu. Any now we know why - anyone who can withstand 2800°F deserves respect.
[20:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Possible Chthonian Exoplanet Discovered (Giant Rocky Planet) - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:26] <exec> 08└─https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Planet_Hell [fandom.com]
[20:22:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03fustakrakich [6150] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:49] <exec> 08└─That's because we're still using primitive hand tools. We're still living in a 19th century machine age.
[20:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 1037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:22:51] <exec> 08└─A SpaceX Dragon-2 can return 3000 Kg and platinum is running around $27K/kilo so a Dragon capsule full of best case pure platinum ingots would be worth $81M upon landing, and the long term target cost of a Dragon mission was supposed to eventually average $160M. Superficially that's a loss. Of cours...
[20:23:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score: 1) 02 - 06SoylentNews Fundraising for 2020H1 Successful! Thank You! - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:25] <exec> 08└─At a loss here, the post you replied to seemed to be clearly a joke. Afterall aristarchus was born in 230BC. Death had to take him in his sleep, for if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight
[20:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Critical Windows 10 Vulnerabilities Fixed in Unscheduled Updates - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:23:47] <exec> 08└─i guess the best way to run winblows is disconnected from the net. the best way to update winblows is like robbing a bank: a quick in and out (of the net) ...
[20:25:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:14] <exec> 08└─The CG at the end of that movie was crap, with crap being the operative word [deseret.com] when it comes to Disney SW. They're best off tucking the entire tired franchise into hypersleep for the rest of the decade.
[20:25:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Quantum Fluctuations Can Jiggle Objects on the Human Scale - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:25:39] <exec> 08└─i wonder ... if u isolate something "from jiggeling" does the excess jiggle have to go somewhere else? is there a "universal jiggle" that stays constant? maybe if you isolate enough land mass in one area, the massive amount of suppressed jiggle leads to massive jiggle elsewhere? ^_^
[20:26:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Ten Years of the Sun in One Hour – NASA Releases Mesmerising Space Film - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:26:29] <exec> 08└─good stuff, yeah! i guess there were "other considerations" *cough* globalwarming *cough* that prevented a "back pointing camera" from showing the blue marble and the same time, 'cause you know maybe the stuff happening on zeh sun influences ... other stuff. let's not see correlations ...
[20:28:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:28:51] <exec> 08└─The other side to this is: how much did you pay for these things? Would you be willing to pay 3-5x as much for something designed to last longer, and be more repairable? Most consumers aren't willing to pay 1.2x as much for something better, so manufacturers are giving them what they want.
[20:29:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Mathematical Noodling Leads to New Insights Into an Old Fusion Problem - 843 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:29:14] <exec> 08└─i am going out on a limb and would suggest that "observer thingy". or maybe a bit more old school: a drop of rain on the tip of a mountain can make it continue either to this or that ocean separated by a huge distance -or- one stone can trigger a avalanche. it is paraphrased often by: "thanks to XYZ...
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[21:22:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:15] <exec> 08└─We're used these days to companies being worth billions of dollars even though they lose money hand-over-fist, but most of those companies are "service" companies that don't actually make anything. Now, we have a company that actually makes something, and even though they churn out a pitiful number...
[21:22:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:16] <exec> 08└─Not the first time Tesla has blown up [wikipedia.org]
[21:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Possible Chthonian Exoplanet Discovered (Giant Rocky Planet) - 264 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:26] <exec> 08└─If you heat a proto-planet up t0 2800F, the volatiles will go away as part of the solar wind. And they'll be baked out of the components before they condense into a planet. Getting that much hard stuff in close orbit around a star is the difficult part to explain.
[21:22:36] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03c0lo [156] 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 56 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:37] <exec> 08└─FA was not terribly clear to me how deep they really are
[21:22:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score: 3, Interesting) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 1680 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:52] <exec> 08└─My understanding of the metal biz is tangential related to the energy biz that I invest in and I do actually know about. However. From what I do understand WRT all the people freaking out about the gold reserve being 100 miles down. The way it SEEMS to work for sedimentary metals like gold, is gold...
[21:22:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:54] <exec> 08└─Using the materials in space is better anyway. But that's going to require lots of other technologies, like nearly closed ecosystems...also a good thing.
[21:22:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:56] <exec> 08└─Costs are ALWAYS an issue. If there are no material costs, then there are time costs. (And I don't really see "no material costs" ever happening.) Much easier would be greatly improved recycling, and probably even mining the waters of the ocean.
[21:22:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:22:58] <exec> 08└─The Dwarves tell no tale; but even as mithril was the foundation of their wealth, so also it was their destruction: they delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled, Durin's Bane.
[21:22:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:00] <exec> 08└─Looking purely at gold (and silver) contents per ton of material, landfills have higher concentrations than most active gold/silver mines. Makes one wonder when a company is going to start mining landfills.
[21:23:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:02] <exec> 08└─With a bit of creativity, you won't even have to refine it in space first. You can use the fireball provided by earth's atmosphere to do some of the melting and splitting for you.
[21:23:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 931 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:05] <exec> 08└─The numbers could improve with a Falcon Heavy (2 boosters and center core landed) and Dragon XL [wikipedia.org]. But Falcon should probably be completely disregarded in favor of Starship, since SpaceX has put out estimates like $2 million for 100-150 tons (100,000-150,000 kg) to LEO (or better [twit...
[21:23:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Google Acquires Smart Glasses Maker North - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:24] <exec> 08└─No incentive to do the daily drudge work of maintaining and improving existing products. Too much incentive to create new products.
[21:29:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 687 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:02] <exec> 08└─I thought about it, but there were about a dozen (and the thing was layered together so you couldn't even reach some of 'em) and sadly I lack a drill capable of going around corners into very small cracks. Wasn't worth the pretty good chance of hitting something vital; owner said never mind, I'll ju...
[21:29:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score: 2) 02 - 06We Don't Really Own the Digital Possessions That We Buy Online - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:29:04] <exec> 08└─"Apples aren't durable goods, they're luxury items." Exactly!!
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[22:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:26] <exec> 08└─Brace for impact. We will soon be flooded by "news" generated by short sellers informing us that Tesls uses puppy bvlood in it's batteries and that Musk has terminal athlete's foot. It may well be overvalued (probably), but at least they actually produce something.
[22:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:28] <exec> 08└─What is bvlood?
[22:22:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:30] <exec> 08└─Or Musk will just tweet that the stock price seems too high.
[22:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Possible Chthonian Exoplanet Discovered (Giant Rocky Planet) - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:22:41] <exec> 08└─Proper spelling: χθόνιος, of the soil, native, cf. autochthonic.
[22:23:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:13] <exec> 08└─>>> slammed into a desert I live in the desert, you insensitive clod!
[22:23:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03negrace [4010] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:15] <exec> 08└─I thought the community/editors were supposed to filter out garbage like this so that not to waste everybody's time. Why did I just read this? It is not April 1st.
[22:23:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:17] <exec> 08└─They'll clear out the area with a nuke [thebulletin.org] first.
[22:23:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:19] <exec> 08└─I would like that too, but I don't think it will be relevant anytime soon. Even if we have Moon and Mars bases in the 2050s-2080s, they won't need lots of asteroid materials. On the other hand, if there is a disruptively cheap way to land useful metals on Earth, that's the way asteroid mining is lik...
[22:23:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Geologists Identify Deep-Earth Structures that May Signal Hidden Metal Lodes - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:21] <exec> 08└─With that much gold, every Black person could be a hip-hop star.
[22:25:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:09] <exec> 08└─There aren't many countries that can be part of WTO and block the domestic markets except USA and China.
[22:25:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tokolosh [585] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:25] <exec> 08└─I have not seen any credible, hard evidence? If anyone has some, please post it here, I really want to know. And sorry, the say-so of the President or some Poobah does not count. Verify, then trust.
[22:25:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:26] <exec> 08└─Agree that this is just part of the trade war but define quick deadlines. What's the ISPs doing between November 2019 and now? Nothing but hope that FCC will reverse the decision? TFA didn't say how long the RWA is asking for.
[22:25:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Disney Research Neural Face-Swapping Technique Can Provide Photorealistic, High-Resolution Video - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:25:49] <exec> 08└─During the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Disney's commie sympathizing animators began producing racist content that they would later try to blame on him. "The former double-plus ungood racist comrade Disney is now the unracist comrade Disney. Walt Disney has always been unracist and double-plus good"!
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[23:21:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Light Drinking May Protect Brain Function - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:56] <exec> 08└─Muslims (at least the ones who follow the precepts of Mohammed) don't drink, yet when they reach age 80 most of them are still sharp enough to plan a terrorist attack.
[23:21:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Light Drinking May Protect Brain Function - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:21:58] <exec> 08└─Who tells you they don't secretly drink?
[23:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score: 0) 02 - 06Light Drinking May Protect Brain Function - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:00] <exec> 08└─Yep, smarter people drink more. It's a way to adapt to a world in which everybody else is dumb, so it puts you more on their level at the end of the day when a smart person wants to relax but watching X-Men 12 or woke bullshit on Disney ESPN is just too painful to endure with the brain running full-...
[23:22:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:11] <exec> 08└─Can't expect Grimy to pay for little e=mc2's diapers all by herself.
[23:22:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:13] <exec> 08└─Simple left slipo.
[23:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:15] <exec> 08└─Market cap is just what the last buyer paid time number of shares. The title implys that this makes makes them worth this for all the shares. It is also plausible that the buyer overpaid, perhaps hoping for a greater fool? Tesla has some serious skills, but they are also showing the way for others t...
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[23:22:17] <exec> 08└─Bubbles have existed and will always exist. The ones who live in them, are they to pitty for they are forever gullible and like hamsters running in the drumwheel? Or to be envied, for their lives are happy and they cant see the bitter truth beyond their short eyesight?
[23:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03acid andy [1683] (Score: 4, Funny) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:19] <exec> 08└─I think it's something Trump has in his covfefe.
[23:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Barenflimski [6836] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Stock Surge Makes Tesla the World's Most Valuable Automaker - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:22:22] <exec> 08└─As I read this it sounds like the author claims Tesla is better because it makes more money per car sold than any other auto maker. Is that actually a good thing? If the other companies it would seem that "not as lean" would mean, "more people employed." This might be one of the extreme examples of...
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[23:22:32] <exec> 08└─But if rodent-people-aliens populate the habital zone on the planet they may have a grande world of extraordinary size and beauty just underneath the surface!
[23:24:23] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03bussdriver [6876] 02 - 06Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Crash, Faces Negligent Driving Charge - 210 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:24:23] <exec> 08└─Blame somebody else for failing at your responsibilities; it's the American Way! BTW, Cheeto really does represent you all well (in all the bad traits) so it's no wonder so many people don't see anything wrong.
[23:25:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score: 0) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:10] <exec> 08└─How about they push an update and the XXX network shuts down? Why should US taxpayer's money be used to take that monopoly from Msoft?
[23:25:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score: 2) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:11] <exec> 08└─The way the Chinese government treats its people is such a concern to the vast multinational corporation I work for, that they have closed down their plants in China and walked away from the extra billions in profit they have been making. Oh, wait, no they haven't, because why would they? They don'...
[23:25:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score: 1) 02 - 06Small ISPs “Stunned” by FCC Move to Ban Huawei/ZTE Gear During Pandemic - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:25:14] <exec> 08└─Why does it have to be about WHO instead of WHAT YOU DO?
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